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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Mozart opera is being performed in this scene?
(a) La Cenerentola.
(b) Don Giovanni.
(c) Cosi Fan Tutte.
(d) The Abduction from the Seraglio.

2. Who was an influential teacher of Salieri?
(a) Glinka.
(b) Monteverdi.
(c) Glock.
(d) Gluck.

3. What wicked vision does Salieri say he now has?
(a) He imagines himself seducing Mozart's Constanze.
(b) He imagines himself putting Mozart to the sword.
(c) He sees Mozart chained to a rock for eternity.
(d) He imagines himself poisoning Mozart.

4. What kind of work has the Emperor commissioned Mozart to write?
(a) A symphony.
(b) A string quartet.
(c) A concerto.
(d) An opera.

5. How does Salieri reward his Venticelli?
(a) He gives them cakes.
(b) He gets them jobs at the palace.
(c) He buys them dinner.
(d) He gives them money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Salieri find out that Mozart has arrived in Vienna?

2. What people are the chorus members meant to represent?

3. What causes Mozart to stop his silliness on this occasion?

4. How old was Mozart when the Emperor last met him?

5. What is Rosenberg's opinion of prodigies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Van Swieten's attitude to Salieri at this point in the play?

2. In what way is the 'calf-measuring scene' ironic?

3. In what way does Salieri contradict himself in the scene in which he attempts to seduce Constanze?

4. In what way does Salieri claim to be different from his parents?

5. How does the play open?

6. What does Salieri do to cope with the psychic blow he has received through hearing Mozart's music?

7. For what reason might the scene in the Baroness's library be considered ironic?

8. What does Constanze's response to her husband's accusations tell us about her?

9. Comment on the conflict in this library scene.

10. What does this scene show us of Mozart's talent?

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